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Recent Examples of Synonyms for planked
Verb
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But then there is a working toilet up there that’s not behind any walls or hidden by a door; it’s just plopped there, a few feet from the foot of the bed.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026 -
The severed half plopped limply back into her bowl.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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After two-time All-Star David Bednar pitched a scoreless bottom of the seventh for Team USA, his brother, former first-rounder Will Bednar, tossed a scoreless frame of his own in the top of the eighth inning for the Giants.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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But New York’s Court of Appeals tossed the guilty verdicts in April 2024, finding that the trial court judge, James Burke, shouldn’t have permitted three women to testify about rape and abuse allegations that weren’t tied to the charges.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Planked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planked. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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